The ___________ theory views deviance and crime as a function of the capitalist economic system. It is based on the assumption that the laws and the criminal justice system protect the power and privilege of the capitalist class
a. functionalistb. Marxist/critical
c. postmodern d. feminist
b
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. One of the occupations with the lowest wages is personal care and service. 2. Female-headed households earn less than married couple households among white non-Hispanic Americans, but not among African Americans and Hispanic Americans. 3. Since 1979, all U.S. households have seen their family income decline. 4. The income gap between the capitalist class of property owners and the rest of the population continues to grow.
A consequence of wrongful convictions not often discussed is the cost of serious errors.
a. true b. false
What Weber called the "routinization of charisma" involves charismatic authority ________
a. disappearing entirely. b. becoming a reflection of a leader's unique personality. c. becoming sheer force. d. transforming into some combination of traditional authority and rational-legal authority.
The Ghost Dance religious movement in the late 1880s led to the:
a. slaughter of hundreds of Sioux Indians by the U.S. military. b. renegotiation of land settlement treaties c. reversal of the federal policy of termination. d. standoff at Wounded Knee between AIM and federal officials.